Sydney Opera House Saturday Film Club: All About My Mother
Saturday 24 January from 4:45pm to 7pm
Join us for the next screening in our regular Saturday Film Club, pairing a contemporary classic with an in-depth discussion featuring Alexei Toliopoulos and special guests. Pedro Almodóvar’s 1999 classic All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre) scooped multiple awards including both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, and remains one of his most beloved projects.
This special screening will feature an introduction and Q&A with Alexei Toliopoulos and a special guest.
In an instant, nurse Manuela (Cecilia Roth) loses the teenage son she raised on her own. Grief-stricken, she sets out to search for the boy’s long-lost father in Barcelona, where she reawakens into a new maternal role, at the head of a surrogate family that includes a pregnant, HIV-positive nun (Penélope Cruz); an illustrious star of the stage; and a transgender sex worker.
Presented by Sydney Opera House